Böcker i Studies in War, Society, and the Military-serien

Describes and analyzes the military history of the six key Arab states - Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Syria - during the post-World War II era. This book shows how each Arab military grew and learned from its own experiences in response to the objectives set within constrained political, economic, and social circumstances.

The nineteenth century witnessed the birth of German nationalism and the unification of Germany as a powerful nation-state. This title presents a study of modern Germany's morbid fascination with the war, and shows how the passionate argument over the 'meaning' of the Thirty Years' War shaped the Germans' conception of their nation.

1879 marked the beginning of one of the longest, bloodiest conflicts of nineteenth-century Latin America. The War of the Pacific pitted Peru and Bolivia against Chile in a struggle initiated over a festering border dispute. Employing the primary and secondary sources, William F. Sater offers the definitive analysis of the conflict's naval and military campaigns.